[AT] Wood Chipper.

[Danny Tabor]

    Is Befco made by MTD? I have a Befco 090 mower and
while thinking when purchasing it, that it looked a
little cheap, after 6 years of hard use I'm starting
to wonder if its not the best mower I've ever owned.
       This year it lost a bearing and the repair
(after I realized what I had to do) was remarkably
simple. Generally speaking I'd agree with you Larry
about steering away from MTD but I have to say if my
Befco mower is MTD it must be one of the few things
they have gotten right.
      On the subject of chippers because of the 3 pt.
hook up I would be limited with what tractor I can run
it off of. And so I've been looking to see if I can
rig the chipper (I purchase) on a trailer with a
little modification and longer PTO shaft. I wonder if
I can get one minus the motor (already mounted on a
trailer) and just run a PTO to power it?

Danny Tabor
 
--- Larry D Goss <rlgoss at evansville.net> wrote:

> I have a Bear Cat chipper-shredder with an 8-horse
> engine on it.  It does an 
> excellent job of handling anything as long as it is
> not wet.  They make the 
> same machine with PTO drive and also with
> road-worthy wheels.  The Bear Cat 
> machines use sickle knives for mulching and they are
> really rugged.
> 
> I would avoid the MTD machines regardless of the
> brand name that appears on 
> them.  IMHO they're too lightly built.
> 
> Larry
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Bruer" <bill_bru at bellsouth.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Wood Chipper.
> 
> 
> > Danny,
> >
> > I don't know what they're selling on Ebay.  I've
> got one of these Befco
> > chippers:
> >
>
http://www.befco.com/products/bushmaster/default.html
> >
> > I've had it for several years & put a good bit of
> stuff through it.  At 
> > the
> > time I bought it, it seemed to be about the only
> thing between the small
> > yard chippers and the big Vermeers.  I've had good
> service from it.
> >
> > Bill Bruer
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Danny Tabor" <dannytabor2000 at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:01 PM
> > Subject: [AT] Wood Chipper.
> >
> >
> > PTO type wood chippers they sell on ebay. I've
> been
> > semi looking for a chipper mulcher, especially
> since
> > its become so difficult to burn around these
> parts.
> >  They look like a good deal if they don't shake
> > apart. Just want to get all the info I can about
> then
> > and check all my options before committing to
> buying
> > anything.
> >
> > Danny Tabor
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
____________________________________________________________________________________Get
> > the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email
> wherever you're surfing.
> >
>
http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php
> > _______________________________________________
> > AT mailing list
> > http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > AT mailing list
> > http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
> > 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
> 



       
____________________________________________________________________________________Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection.
http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php